Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/luxtus
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This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Celtic edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Possibly borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language.
Pokorny suggests Proto-Indo-European *lewǵ- (“to fracture, break”) (see Sanskrit रुजति (rujati)).[1] MacBain suggests *telh₂- (“to bear, undergo”), if the original form was *tlukto-, suggested by Old Welsh tluith.[2]
Noun edit
*luxtus m[3]
Declension edit
| Masculine/feminine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *luxtus | *luxtū | *luxtowes |
| vocative | *luxtu | *luxtū | *luxtūs |
| accusative | *luxtum | *luxtū | *luxtums |
| genitive | *luxtous | *luxtous | *luxtowom |
| dative | *luxtou | *luxtubom | *luxtubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *luxtū | *luxtubim | *luxtubis |
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 686, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 686
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “luchd”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 251